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What happened? Heman Sweatt a black student who had hoped to study law in Southern state of Texas. But Was refused admission at the university of Texas, as the education system in Texas was segregated. The NAACP challenged this by arguing that Sweatt must be able to have a equal education to white Americans. The NAACP argued that the black schools had fewer teachers, fewer students and fewer books.…read more

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What happened? The supreme Court agreed with the NAACP and ordered the University of Texas Law school to enrol Sweat on to the university as a student. Sweatt registered as a student at the law university on the 19th September 1950. This was the first successful case involving segregation of Education for the civil rights group, NAACP. This case concerned the rights of students to graduate-level education.…read more

Slides in this set

Slide 1

Slide 2

What happened? Heman Sweatt a black student who had hoped to study law in Southern state of Texas. But Was refused admission at the university of Texas, as the education system in Texas was segregated. The NAACP challenged this by arguing that Sweatt must be able to have a equal education to white Americans. The NAACP argued that the black schools had fewer teachers, fewer students and fewer books.…read more

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What happened? The supreme Court agreed with the NAACP and ordered the University of Texas Law school to enrol Sweat on to the university as a student. Sweatt registered as a student at the law university on the 19th September 1950. This was the first successful case involving segregation of Education for the civil rights group, NAACP. This case concerned the rights of students to graduate-level education.…read more